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Who Are These, Clothed in White Robes?

Fashion is fickle. I went to STYLE.COM to find out what I should be anxious about this year (unlike the lilies of the field, who neither toil nor spin). I learned that my lips should be scarlet, and...

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How Do You Know When the Day Has Dawned?

An old Jewish story goes something like this: A wise rabbi once asked his students, “How do you know when the night is over and the day has dawned? One answered, “When you can look at an animal in the...

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Adorned with Light

In the winter, when I go into the bathroom, I am covered with rainbows. On the wall of our upstairs bathroom hangs a mirrored and faceted cross, a gift from John and Linda, my brother and...

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You Are Light

For you were once darkness, but now you are light in the Lord.  Live as children of light… Ephesians 5:8 When I was a child, my dad, who taught aerospace engineering, would talk to me about “time...

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Blessed Obscurity

In our Christian life, we encounter light (see “You Are Light“) – and also darkness.  But take note: there is more than one kind of darkness. There is a darkness that is not from God, the darkness of...

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Within Thy Wounds, Hide Me

“Anima Christi” – 6 (1. Soul of Christ, sanctify me.) (2. Body of Christ, save me.) (3. Blood of Christ, inebriate me.) (4. Water from the side of Christ, wash me.) (5. Passion of Christ, strengthen...

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Again I Say, Rejoice

The following is by Sister Elizabeth Hillmann. Click for more about or by Sister Elizabeth. – – – – – Rejoice in the Lord always; again I will say, Rejoice. (Philippians 4:4) – – – – – It was an all...

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God Is Not Reluctant to Save Us

I have heard several homilies lately that came perilously close to browbeating the faithful. There we sit, an assembly of Christians trying our often insufficient best: people struggling to raise...

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Fear of the Lord

I was consoled to hear a simple and heart-felt homily during Holy Week, alleviating somewhat my concern about the dour depictions of God I had heard lately. (See “God Is Not Reluctant to Save Us.”) One...

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Refocusing

I took this picture of the moon, half full, early last week.  (I admit that it makes the moon look a bit like moldy cheese, but the real thing was more impressive.)   Actually, the moon and the leaves...

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